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Date: | Tue, 4 Jan 1994 12:08:49 EST |
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* my two-cents *
Reproductions or replicas have a place.
It would be snobbery to assume only the original can teach or impart
information to a viewer/listener. If you are looking at a great photograph
of a painting it is just that - a great photograph. It will convey as much
information as the medium allows and it will satisfy to the limits of the
audience.
Recently I saw a Yamaha player piano which could strike the key(s)
with over 100 various pressures (not like the music box sound of an old player
piano). A "real" person played a piece and the piano "reproduced" that
performance, even the errors - it was wonderful. Imagine having this
performance quality (the best of the medium - being the piano) reproducing
the performance of musicians which many of us will never hear in person.
It's a great sound, still a reproduction, but nonetheless a valuable,
informative product.
(Of course, I'll need to win the lottery to get one of these.)
Happy New Year!
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